Thierry Douki

22.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
275 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Thierry Douki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Dermatology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Thierry Douki has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Dermatology and 60 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Thierry Douki's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (83 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (77 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (61 papers). Thierry Douki is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (83 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (77 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (61 papers). Thierry Douki collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Thierry Douki's co-authors include Jean Cadet, Jean‐Luc Ravanat, Évelyne Sage, Didier Gasparutto, Jean‐Pierre Pouget, Stéphane Mouret, Sylvie Sauvaigo, Marie Charvéron, Alain Favier and Dimitra Markovitsi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Thierry Douki

271 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on DNA and it... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2001 2005 2003 1999 2006 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on DNA and its components
    2001 757 citations Jean‐Luc Ravanat, Thierry Douki et al. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology profile →
  2. Ultraviolet radiation-mediated damage to cellular DNA
    2005 744 citations Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki et al. profile →
  3. Oxidative damage to DNA: formation, measurement and biochemical features
    2003 576 citations Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki et al. profile →
  4. Hydroxyl radicals and DNA base damage
    1999 532 citations Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki et al. profile →
  5. Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are predominant DNA lesions in whole human skin exposed to UVA radiation
    2006 510 citations Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki et al. profile →
  6. Chemiexcitation of melanin derivatives induces DNA photoproducts long after UV exposure
    2015 396 citations Thierry Douki et al. profile →
  7. Formation of UV-induced DNA damage contributing to skin cancer development
    2018 279 citations Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thierry Douki France 70 9.5k 3.1k 2.5k 1.8k 1.8k 275 17.7k
Jean‐Luc Ravanat France 64 7.9k 0.8× 930 0.3× 2.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 181 13.6k
Jean Cadet France 86 16.6k 1.7× 2.8k 0.9× 4.1k 1.7× 3.4k 1.8× 1.4k 0.8× 469 26.6k
Garry R. Buettner United States 75 9.5k 1.0× 618 0.2× 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 286 27.2k
R. B. Setlow United States 61 9.8k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 3.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 900 0.5× 227 15.9k
Paolo Di Mascio Brazil 58 5.2k 0.5× 590 0.2× 725 0.3× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 253 13.4k
Gerd P. Pfeifer United States 88 19.3k 2.0× 1.1k 0.3× 4.7k 1.9× 1.5k 0.8× 922 0.5× 285 24.9k
Toren Finkel United States 97 30.3k 3.2× 473 0.2× 5.2k 2.1× 2.2k 1.2× 955 0.5× 211 55.4k
Johan Moan Norway 66 5.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 15.7k 8.6× 603 0.3× 351 24.6k
Albert W. Girotti United States 49 7.6k 0.8× 361 0.1× 3.8k 1.5× 8.9k 4.8× 532 0.3× 172 18.3k
James E. Trosko United States 56 8.3k 0.9× 271 0.1× 2.3k 0.9× 591 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 297 14.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Douki, Thierry, et al.. (2024). Blue light impairs the repair of UVB‐induced pyrimidine dimers in a human skin model. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 100(5). 1359–1364. 8 indexed citations
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Denhez, Clément, Agathe Martinez, Dominique Harakat, et al.. (2022). SN- and NS-puckered sugar conformers are precursors of the (6–4) photoproduct in thymine dinucleotide. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 20(11). 2300–2307.
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Beal, David M., et al.. (2022). DNA photoproducts released by repair in biological fluids as biomarkers of the genotoxicity of UV radiation. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 414(26). 7705–7720. 3 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry, et al.. (2020). Dark cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are formed in the epidermis of Fitzpatrick skin types I/II and VI in vivo after exposure to solar‐simulated radiation. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 34(3). 575–584. 24 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry. (2020). Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity in Melanoma Induction: Impact on Repair Rather Than Formation of DNA Damage?. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 96(5). 962–972. 24 indexed citations
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Béal, David, Marie Marquès, M.‐T. Leccia, et al.. (2019). Metabolism and genotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in human skin explants: mixture effects and modulation by sunlight. Archives of Toxicology. 94(2). 495–507. 7 indexed citations
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Bányász, Ákos, Lara Martínez‐Fernández, Gérard Baldacchino, et al.. (2019). Radicals Generated in Tetramolecular Guanine Quadruplexes by Photoionization: Spectral and Dynamical Features. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(23). 4950–4957. 21 indexed citations
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Ikehata, Hironobu, et al.. (2019). Wavelength‐ and Tissue‐dependent Variations in the Mutagenicity of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Mouse Skin. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 96(1). 94–104. 15 indexed citations
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Bányász, Ákos, Lara Martínez‐Fernández, Clémence Balty, et al.. (2017). Absorption of Low-Energy UV Radiation by Human Telomere G-Quadruplexes Generates Long-Lived Guanine Radical Cations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(30). 10561–10568. 59 indexed citations
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Bacqueville, Daniel, et al.. (2015). A new hair follicle-derived human epidermal model for the evaluation of sunscreen genoprotection. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 151. 31–38. 30 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry, et al.. (2012). Oxidatively Generated DNA Lesions as Potential Biomarkers of In Vivo Oxidative Stress. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Kathirvelu, Velavan, Gustav Berggren, Martin Clémancey, et al.. (2012). 4-Demethylwyosine Synthase from Pyrococcus abyssi Is a Radical-S-adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme with an Additional [4Fe-4S]+2 Cluster That Interacts with the Pyruvate Co-substrate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(49). 41174–41185. 42 indexed citations
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Cadet, Jean, Thierry Douki, & Jean‐Luc Ravanat. (2010). Oxidatively generated base damage to cellular DNA. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 49(1). 9–21. 419 indexed citations
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Arragain, Simon, Samuel K. Handelman, F. Forouhar, et al.. (2010). Identification of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Methylthiotransferase for Biosynthesis of 2-Methylthio-N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine in tRNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(37). 28425–28433. 106 indexed citations
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Matallana‐Surget, Sabine, Thierry Douki, Ricardo Cavicchioli, & Fabien Joux. (2009). Remarkable resistance to UVB of the marine bacterium Photobacterium angustum explained by an unexpected role of photolyase. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 8(9). 1313–1320. 19 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry, Didier Gasparutto, Serge Gambarelli, et al.. (2007). Characterization of the DNA repair spore photoproduct lyase enzyme from <i>Clostridium acetobutylicum</i>: A radical-SAM enzyme. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 11 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry. (2005). Effect of denaturation on the photochemistry of pyrimidine bases in isolated DNA. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 82(1). 45–52. 47 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry, et al.. (2000). Electrospray–mass spectrometry characterization and measurement of far-UV-induced thymine photoproducts. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 54(2-3). 145–154. 56 indexed citations
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Douki, Thierry & Jean Cadet. (1995). UV and nucleic acids. Birkhäuser Basel eBooks. 73. 173–197. 16 indexed citations

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